Improvement in curry-combs



lA. H. REID.

Curry-Combs.

vN0. 145,242. Patented Dec2,1873.

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ALBAN H. REID, or EEANDYWINE MANOR, PENNSYLVANIA.

f IMPROVEMENT IN CURRV-COMBS.

Speeicaiion forming part of Letters Patent No. 145,242, datedDecember 2,1873; application filed July 12, 1873.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, ALBAN H. REID, of Brandywine Manor, Chester county,Pennsylvania, have invented an Improved Curry-Comb, of

which the` following is a specification:

The object'of 1n y invention is a cheap, stron g, and durable curry-comband horse-rubber, composed of a series of wires, bent and twistedtogether in the manner plainly shown in the perspective View, Fig. 1 ofthe accompanying drawing, so as to form transverse rubbers a, a frame,b, and a tang, d, adapted to a Wooden or other handle, f, as bestobserved in the setional View, Fig. 2.

Four stout wires, zr, :101, x2, and x3, are used in the presentinstance, the outermost portion ofthe comb, at the point where leaststrength is needed, consisting of the single wire m, which .is bent asshown, so as to form a transverse rubber, a, and a portion of the frame,b, the next section of the latter consisting of the two wires w and .r1twisted together, While the next section is composed of three twistedwires, and the last section 0f four, the frame gradually increasing inthickness and strength as the tang is approached, which is composed ofthe opposite ends of the whole number of wires twisted together, and'driven or screwed into or otherwise secured to a handle, f, as shown.

A curry comb thus constructed is cheap, strong', durable, and cleanly,and will ei'ectually loosen and remove particles of dirt withoutdragging out the hair or scratching and annoying the animal upon whichit is used.

lf desired, the wires of which the comb is composed may be of square ortriangular sectional form, instead of round.

I claim as my invention- A curry-comb composed of a series of wires bentand twisted together, substantially in the manner described, so as toform transverse rubbers af, a frame b, and a tang, d, adapted to awooden or other handle, j'.

In testimony whereof l have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALBAN H. REID. Witnesses: l

' WM. A. STEEL, HARRY SMITH.

